Day for Giving to Rowan House

“A church isn’t about the number of people sitting in the pews, it’s about the size of the heart of its congregation”.  That’s what the Okotoks’ Western Wheel said about our little church in the giving of $8,083 to the Rowan House Emergency Shelter on July 16th. These...

Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day ! This year (2020), has seen a different kind of Canada Day celebration. COVID-19 has changed the way we gather to pray and the way we gather to socialize. But, we still found a way to be with each other, even if it was only for a short time, we were...

May 5, 2024 – Growing like a seed in the Kingdom

Sunday April 21st saw twenty-three people welcome Karen Pryznyk as our worship leader for the first in a four-part series she will deliver. The scripture readings are found in Mark 4:26-29 and Luke 17:20-21. Karen entitled her message “The Kingdom of God Is Within...

Celebrating birthdays!

             Even though our congregants cannot be together to celebrate each-others birthdays, we gather in our cars and then do a birthday drive-by! Some come wearing funny hats, many come shaking bells and other noise makers, and as each car drive by, there are...

Lives lost in Nova Scotia – April 18-19, 2020

On Sunday, April 26, 2020, the church bell at St. Andrew’s United Church rang 23 times for each of the lives lost in Nova Scotia.  As we sat in our vehicles, we were reminded that each life was precious and loved. Lisa McCully, Const. Heidi Stevenson, Heather O’Brien...